Walking home from the park where she had been playing softball, Carla was surprised at how quickly the clouds arrived. She could see trees ahead of her had begun to sway violently, and then the wind hit her full in the face. There was an eerie light everywhere. Out of the clouds, a bolt of lightening flashed, followed in only a second or two by a loud clap of thunder. Why did I stay for that second game? Carla thought. If I hadn't, I'd be home by now. Which of these events is most likely to happen next? A. another softball game
B. parting of clouds
C. a heavy rainstorm
D. uprooting of trees

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme